Biased Views Quotes

I never agree with Communists or any other kind of kept men.

This President [Ronald Reagan] makes us comfortable with our prejudices.

I don't want to be a propagandist or say that Pakistan is just great. There are problems, but it is a much more complex place than we are given to believe.

People like to build their own story about my life. I don't know if it makes them feel better, or if it makes it okay for them to not like me, but the last thing I grew up as was rich.

You have to be taught to hate.

I believe I had an unfair reputation. If people think I was a bad kid, I was a bad kid to them. But people close to me know I'm not.

People have a negative impression of New York that I don't think is quite fair.

Reality has been so politicized such that people truly believe, mostly, that there are two versions of reality: a conservative and a liberal version. In my mind, there's only one version of reality and then those who lie about it. Much as in a court of law.

I don't have prejudices against anybody. I have opinions, based on a lifetime's experience.

You know, I'm really not interested in someone telling me that something's good or bad.

People should not pass judgment until they have seen the film.

If you only talk to people who agree with you, it’s easy to believe that you’re in the majority.

If I read an article and believed everything a guy said about me, I'd believe I was the best person in the world or the worst person in the world, so I can't go off what some guy says about me. I only go off what happens to me.

One age misunderstands another; and a petty age misunderstands all the others in its own ugly way.

There aren't really any actual misconceptions, just dumb people versus good, honest people.

[Donald] Trump's views are objectionable, hateful, but they are not something I dreamt up in my own head.

I realized I couldn't be a journalist because I like to take a side, to have an opinion and a point a view; I liked to step across the imaginary boundary of the objective view that the journalist is supposed to have and be involved.

There are too many people who imagine that there is something sophisticated about always believing the best of those who hate your country, and the worst of those who defend it.

People can be quite bullish with their opinions. That does not mean they have their finger on the pulse. It just means they value their own opinion.

I think there's a danger in letting someone else shape how you're going to approach a player. Every person has somebody who's going to say something negative about them, you know? If you pay attention to all that stuff instead of seeing it for your own eyes, you can miss out on some opportunities.

People are entitled to their own opinion to make them feel good, to make them sleep at night.

I believe in censorship when it benefits me.

Whenever I hear people utter anti-German sentiments, I say: You can't blame Germany for defending its own interests.

As far as all players [being unfairly connected], people have their own opinions, and they're usually from the outside looking in. I don't listen to someone who is on the outside of what we're dealing with every day on the inside.

Take whatever position you want, but do take a position, because once you do, ample money awaits you on either side.